A comprehensive survey of both RHD and RHCE allele frequencies in sub-Saharan Africa

Transfusion

Volumn 53, Issue 11 PART 2, 2013, Pages 3009-3017

  Granier, Thomas ^a,b   Beley, Sophie ^a,b   Chiaroni, Jacques ^a,b   Bailly, Pascal ^a,b   Silvy, Monique ^a,b  

^a ETABLISSEMENT FRANÇAIS DU SANG   (France)

^b AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RHCE PROTEIN, HUMAN; RHO(D) ANTIGEN; BLOOD GROUP RHESUS SYSTEM;

ADULT; AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; ALLELE; ARTICLE; BLOOD GROUP RHESUS SYSTEM; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONGO; ETHNOLOGY; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETICS; GEOGRAPHY; HUMAN; NEGRO; STATISTICS; BLACK PERSON; EPIDEMIOLOGY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ADULT; AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; ALLELES; COHORT STUDIES; CONGO; GENE FREQUENCY; GEOGRAPHY; HUMANS; RH-HR BLOOD-GROUP SYSTEM;

EID: 84893195136     PISSN: 00411132     EISSN: 15372995     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/trf.12409     Document Type: Article

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